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Health and safety protections will be extended to gig economy and precarious workers in Northern Ireland next month following a landmark court ruling in London last year. The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Protection from Detriment in Health and Safety Cases) (Amendment) Order (Nor

Insurance risk and commercial law specialist BLM has announced three promotions and two new appointments in its Belfast office. Michelle McCullough and Tara McSorley have been promoted to partner and Michelle King has been promoted to associate.

Half of practising lawyers are experiencing depression and anxiety, according to a study by the California Lawyers Association (CLA) and the D.C. Bar. The findings come from a research project into the personal and workplace risk factors for mental health problems, substance use, and attrition among

Borrowers falling into home mortgage arrears due to an unforeseeable loss of income will gain court protection under new legislation which has cleared the Oireachtas. The Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020, which will now be signed into law, gives insolvent homeowners the right to seek review

Plans for the most substantial reform of consumer contract law in Ireland in four decades have gone out to consultation. The Consumer Rights Bill 2021, which the government wants to become law by the end of the year, aims to consolidate and modernise consumer protection legislation, making it easier

A rape complainant in Italy suffered a violation of her ECHR rights after she was re-victimised in court. In its judgment in the case of J.L. v. Italy, the European Court of Human Rights held, by six votes to one, that there had been a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private life and pe

Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has sponsored a new scholarship supporting one postgraduate student on the LLM Children's Rights and Family Law at UCC School of Law. To apply for the Comyn Kelleher Tobin Scholarship, students must secure a minimum grade of 2.1 in an approved primary degree or equivalent,

Solicitors Dione Darragh and Jenny Ebbage have been appointed as trustees to the Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland. Ms Darragh is a director in O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors, specialising in personal injury litigation, while Ms Ebbage is a partner at Edwards & Co Solicitors, specialising in

An Garda Síochána has published new policy documents setting out how it will tackle corruption within the policing service. The three documents have been drawn up by the Garda Anti-Corruption Unit (GACU), which was established in November 2020.

Economy Minister Paul Frew was last night facing cross-party calls for parental bereavement leave and pay legislation to be extended to couples following a miscarriage. The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill yesterday cleared the second stage in Stormont unopposed and will now proceed to comm

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has launched a lawsuit in Germany aiming to end the practice of "real-time bidding" for online advertising – which it calls "the world's biggest data breach". The civil liberties body has initiated proceedings against IAB TechLab, an industry trade

Elizabeth Denham, the UK Information Commissioner, expresses serious concern over facial recognition technology. Facial recognition technology brings benefits that can make aspects of our lives easier, more efficient and more secure. The technology allows us to unlock our mobile phones, set up

Belfast-based KRW LAW LLP has secured a six-figure damages payout for a victim of historic abuse at a Newry grammar school. Tony Gribben was abused over 45 years ago by the late Malachy Finnegan, the former president of St Colman's College in the Diocese of Dromore.

Legislation extending the right to a court review to all borrowers falling into home mortgage arrears due to an unforeseeable loss of income has come into effect. The Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2021, commenced with effect from 25 June 2021, makes a number of urgent changes to the Personal I

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been suspended from practising law in New York because of his "demonstrably false and misleading claims" about the 2020 presidential election. Mr Giuliani, a former mayor of New York who has served as disgraced former president Donald Trump's personal lawyer since 2018